The SVS Patient Safety Organization and M2S, in conjunction with the SVS, presented a webinar last month on getting started in the Medicare reimbursement program, including the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). For those who couldn’t attend, it is posted,…

Did you leave San Diego and VAM before the joint aortic summit on Saturday afternoon? Because you were at the breakfast session on aging vascular surgeons, did you miss the one on managing arterial infections? The On-Demand Library can help.…

Learn the latest in billing, coding and reimbursement at the 2017 Coding and Reimbursement Workshop for vascular surgeons, Oct. 13-14 in Chicago. Cost is $880 for SVS members or staff; $955 for non-members and $250 for residents and trainees. The…

Get an in-depth review of vascular surgery at the Second Annual UCLA/SVS Symposium: “A Comprehensive Review and Update of What’s New in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery,” Aug. 26 to 28 in Beverly Hills, Calif. This joint effort between UCLA and…

The updated and improved VESAP4 is now available for purchase, in time for those preparing for qualification, certification and recertification exams. A major enhancement of this fourth edition of the Vascular Education and Self-Assessment Program (VESAP) is the companion app…

The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) executive board has established a task force to explore developing a vascular certification program for inpatient and outpatient care settings. Noting the shift in professional reimbursement from payment for volume to payment for quality,…

SVS President Dr. Clem Darling is asking all members to pass an email message – and survey – along to PAs and Nurse Practitioners with whom members work. During the recent Vascular Annual Meeting, SVS leaders met with six physician…

Here’s how to claim Continuing Medical Education or MOC credits from the 2017 Vascular Annual Meeting. 1 Access the CME site, either through the Mobile App or through the website link: www.vsweb.org/ClaimCME 2 Log in, using either: 1 Last name…

The SVS Foundation is helping sponsor free abdominal aortic aneurysm screenings for veterans at the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ national convention in New Orleans July 22-25. The screenings are offered by New Orleans-based non-profit AAAneurysm Outreach in partnership with the…

The SVS and Patient Safety Organization will host a Medicare reimbursement webinar on July 26 and 27, titled “The Quality Payment Program is Not Going Away: The Merit Based Incentive Payment Model (MIPS) and the Advanced Alternative Payment Models under…